In an 8 a.m. update, the National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Maria maintained the same Category 3 intensity as before, with the eye of the storm passing offshore of the northeastern coast of the Dominican Republic.

Maria regained strength Thursday morning as it continued to ravage the Caribbean, with the Turks and Caicos islands next in its crosshairs.

Elsewhere in the tropics, Tropical Storm Jose is churning in the northern Atlantic. The storm has 60 mph winds and is nearly stationary.

There is also a disturbance in the open waters of the Atlantic with a 10 percent chance of development through the next five days.

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